Vertigo fiends can visit the observation deck on the top floor—500 feet up—and peer out windows on the north, south, east, and west sides of the building. The tour continues at a small museum at 490 feet, followed by a narrated elevator ride down. Fun fact: When the monument was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world at 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches. It was surpassed by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and by multiple thousand-foot buildings since then.

Want to feel like you’re on top of the world even after you leave the Washington Monument? Here’s how: